During the Vietnam War, the American military
sprayed over 18 million gallons of the defoliant
named “Agent Orange” on Vietnam. The military
claimed it was harmless and was only used to clear
the leaves off of trees to spot North Vietnamese
soldiers. The harmless aspect of Agent Orange would
later be challenged, and proved wrong. The dioxin in
Agent Orange can lead to many health and
enviromental issues. Health issues range from liver
cancer to severe birth defects and miscariages.
People that were not yet born, or never came in to
direct contact with Agent Orange, became victims of
its effects through the land they lived in. Today,
over 3o years later, the effects of Agent Orange are
stronger then the day it was sprayed.

A high number of the
affected children are abandonned because their
families are very poor and cannot assume the
expansive cares in hospital.
In Ho Chi Minh City The Tu Du Peace Village is a
treatment/care centre which welcomes about 60
disabled children ,most of them have been abandoned
since birth.

The coverage is multidisciplinary:
doctors, nurses, primary school teacher, technicians, but there is a
lack of personnel . The association " Les Amis de Xuan Minh " wishes to
help these children with a sponsorship program.

We have too a sponsorship program for
children affected by Agent Orange and living in poor families.